Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: METZGER, MICHAEL J

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2122 2142 2182 2183

This examiner grants 91% of resolved cases

Analysis

Michael J. Metzger, in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2122, has 503 resolved cases. The allowance rate is high at 90.7 percent, and the interview lift is 7.6 percent. This high 90.7 percent rate suggests that most applications will be allowed. The 7.6 percent lift, while modest, still provides a positive benefit for those who choose to interview compared to the 90.7 percent baseline.

The median time to allowance is 955 days. The 7.6 percent interview lift, while positive, is less critical given the 90.7 percent base allowance rate. Practitioners can expect a 955 day path to issuance. With 503 resolved cases, the examiner's high allowance rate is well-documented in Art Unit 2122. The 955 day timeline and 90.7 percent allowance rate make this a very favorable environment for patent applicants. Counsel should focus on maintaining the high 90.7 percent success rate through standard prosecution.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

90.7%
Allow Rate
+35.7% vs TC avg
530
Total Applications
+7.6%
Interview Lift
955
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 503 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.3%
§101 Eligibility
13.1%
§102 Novelty
55.1%
§103 Obviousness
9.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18990080 MULTI-VARIATE STRIDED READ OPERATIONS FOR ACCESSING MATRIX OPERANDS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18170808 LOAD STORE CACHE MICROARCHITECTURE Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
19071690 Vector Processor Architectures Non-Final OA Altera Corporation
18194327 INSTRUCTIONS FOR FLOATING POINT MULTIPLICATION AND ADDITION AND CONVERSION EMPLOYING VARIABLE PRECISION Non-Final OA Altera Corporation
18771764 PROCESSOR WITH HARDWARE-INTEGRATED MEMORY ACCESS PROTECTION Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
19029952 MULTI-LEVEL HIERARCHICAL ROUTING MATRICES FOR PATTERN-RECOGNITION PROCESSORS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18520276 NEURAL NETWORK ACCELERATOR WITH IMPROVED LEARNING PERFORMANCE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
19193344 RECONFIGURABLE PROCESSOR AND A METHOD OF IMPROVING AN EFFICIENCY OF THE RECONFIGURABLE PROCESSOR Non-Final OA National University of Singapore
19111422 PROCESSOR THAT IMPLEMENTS INDIRECT ADDRESSING-STYLE CONDITIONAL JUMP INSTRUCTIONS, PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM, AND METHOD Non-Final OA TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
19038352 DATA PROCESSORS Non-Final OA Arm Limited
18855967 TECHNIQUE FOR HANDLING DATA ELEMENTS STORED IN AN ARRAY STORAGE Non-Final OA Arm Limited
18991188 Selective Data Compression for Non-Critical Memory Requests Final Rejection Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18618838 RESCHEDULING WORK ONTO PERSISTENT THREADS Final Rejection Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
19013344 PROCESSOR AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PROCESSOR Non-Final OA Preferred Networks, Inc.
18661145 COMPUTING DEVICES WITH INSTRUCTION QUEUES AND PROCESSING-ELEMENT ARRAY CONTROLLERS Final Rejection At-memory Computing LP

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